Middle Harbour Shelter

Summary: Faint Aboriginal charcoal drawing in a shallow shelter above Middle Harbour.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1990
  • Originally Recorded by: Michael Guider, Margrit Koettig

Above Middle Harbour is a tall but very shallow overhang, which contains a single panel with Aboriginal charcoal art. It’s unclear what it represents.

AWAT5106 LR Middle Harbour Shelter
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